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Medicines Use Review

Wales

England

MURs are an advanced service within the NHS community pharmacy contract. They involve a face-to-face consultation between a pharmacist and patient to discuss their prescribed and non-prescribed medicines.

What is the purpose of an MUR?

An MUR involves carrying out a structured review of a patients medicine to help them understand why they are taking a medicine, how they should take it and to talk through any side effects they may be experiencing.

The review should help patients to:

understand their therapy

identify any problems or side effects they are experiencing

find possible solutions to any problems

Who should have an MUR?

An MUR is ideal for patients on multiple medicines, particularly those receiving medicines for long term conditions. MURs are targeted at certain patient groups who will benefit most from the review.

National target groups have been identified. 70% of all MURs undertaken by each pharmacy in a year should be with patients within the following groups:

England:

Patients taking 'High Risk' medicines.

Patients recently discharged from hospital with a change to their medication.